Survival male god

Chapter 257 Rat Extermination Plan
The desert is a unique ecosystem, and most of the world's animals and plants cannot survive in this extremely harsh environment.

But in fact, there are still many creatures that can overcome difficulties, thrive here, and continue to evolve.

Especially in an oasis, although this hill with vegetation is not very large, it is only a hundred meters in radius.

But after sunset, Chen Jing still heard the subtle sounds of many animals.

"What you're most likely to find in a place like this is insects and rodents of all kinds."

"Mammals and large birds can only be found in large oases and the Gobi Desert."

"Such as camels, ostriches, wild donkeys, broad-eared foxes, deer gazelles, etc..."

"My target today is not them. What I need to find are insects, arthropods, and reptiles."

"See what I can find?"

Chen Jing left the fire and searched among the hills and slopes with the help of the last light between heaven and earth.

He turned over the rocks one by one, and without spending much time, Chen Jing caught two yellow scorpions.

"The typical creatures in the desert, scorpions, are a type of arthropod and are close relatives of shrimps and crabs."

"But the danger is much higher. This scorpion contains neurotoxins. Once you are stung by its tail needle, you will feel severe pain."

"Generally speaking, the venom of the desert yellow scorpion is not very lethal, and adult men can tolerate it, but if the person being stung is an elderly person or a child, the situation may be more serious."

"In addition, deep in the Sahara Desert, there is a terrifying desert scorpion called the Israel Golden Scorpion. Not only is it huge in size, it is also terrifyingly poisonous and has a high fatality rate!"

"But these yellow scorpions I caught are quite small, maybe only seven or eight centimeters. If eaten raw, they can have about thirty calories."

Chen Jing fixed the yellow scorpion with a branch, then used the sharp part of the stone to smash off its tail needle.

Two desert yellow scorpions entered his belly.

"There's no odor, and it's obviously much better than eating insects raw. However, everything in the desert has nasty gravel, and you can't clean it unless there's a lot of water."

"It feels good, keep looking..."

In fact, with the bonus of specialization, such a small desert yellow scorpion can provide Chen Jing with nearly fifty calories.

If you follow the minimum intake requirements, you only need to eat [-] of these desert yellow scorpions raw, which has [-] calories, which is almost enough.

But obviously, he couldn't find that many.

After digging through all the stones and wooden piles that could be seen nearby, Chen Jing found only eight scorpions, which were barely enough to stuff between his teeth, but still far from enough to fill his stomach.

Ecosystems are composed of small ecological circles. In the desert, this hierarchical structure is more obvious.

This oasis can be regarded as an ecological circle. If there are alien biota, it is likely to break the balance of the ecological circle.

Although Chen Jing is an outsider, he only consumes [-] calories of energy and will not affect the ecological environment.

Soon he found more food.

"This is a sun-avoiding spider, and a desert locust. This thing keeps screaming. Look at its furry body and ball-like belly. It's full of fat protein. Come on, I haven't experienced the taste of juice for a long time. Got it!"

Chen Jing pointed at the camera, pinched off the heads of the sun-avoiding spider and the desert locust, and threw them into his mouth together.

The scene was a bit explosive, and both new and old viewers couldn't help but admire Chen Jing's courage.

Now the latter can chew these things alive without any expression on his face.

Although the taste and taste are terrible, this is extreme survival. Overcoming physical obstacles is just the basics.

Chen Jing has always believed that what is more difficult to overcome is the psychological barrier.

"Many people think these things must be terrible to eat, but they are not."

"The real pain is that you know clearly that the things you are chewing are spiders and locusts, but you have to swallow them."

"If you can overcome this psychological barrier, you will find that compared to those heavy-flavored foods, the taste of insects is actually pretty good."

"If I can catch a dozen more scorpions, spiders, locusts, etc... I think I can stop."

"These things keep me from going to bed hungry..."

The audience expressed their rejection.

["You can just overcome it yourself, don't take us with you!"

"It's so funny, if I had this ability, why would I be sitting in front of the computer as an audience? I would also live broadcast with the whole set of equipment."

"This person seems to really want to teach us desert survival, haha..."

"Jingshen is like this. He has no idea that he is any different from everyone else."

"Emmm... thank you for looking up to me!" "I will never go to the wilderness to survive in this life. Let me eat these things, it is better to shark me."]

Chen Jing just smiled.

"It's okay to bring enough supplies and go out for fun. And, again, what if it happens?"

"For example, if your plane crashes and there are no supplies, the survival skills I taught you will definitely be effective!"

After hearing this, the live broadcast room was in chaos again, and the atmosphere was extremely warm.

Amid the laughter and laughter, time flies by like water.

……

At eight o'clock in the evening, the night was getting darker, and Chen Jing's movements gradually slowed down.

He ate a lot of worms and chewed a few young roots of Haloxylon ammodendron, using the sour taste to get rid of the faint smell in his mouth.

Whether it's a scorpion or a spider or a locust.

After all, these animals have a bit of fishy smell, some of which come from the soil, and some of which come from rotten wood and grass clippings.

But just when he was about to speak and tell the audience that he was going to stop foraging, a few subtle sounds reached everyone's ears.

Chi chi chi ~
Chen Jing paused, subconsciously holding his breath and concentrating.

He stretched out his fingers, put them to his lips, and lowered his voice:

"Shh... did you hear that?"

"The sound of some kind of rodent, if I'm not mistaken, it should be a gerbil."

"Yes, that's right, there are gerbils on this hill!"

There was a bright light in Chen Jing's eyes, and there was a hint of greed in it.

Gerbils are usually small in size, but after all, they are much stronger than insects and arthropods. After all, they are meat.

Rats living in the desert usually do not carry viruses and bacteria like rats in other environments. They only eat grass roots.

Gerbils in the Sahara Desert have a special habit of hoarding large amounts of grass roots before the dry season.

Even if they can't eat the grass roots, they still stubbornly bite the roots of the plants and then move them back to the hole.

Research shows that in many cases, this behavior of gerbils is meaningless and in vain, and will also exacerbate the process of oasis desertification.

Fortunately, some birds and snakes will suppress the breeding number of gerbils and maintain the ecological balance as much as possible.

Governments in various North African countries usually encourage oasis residents to eliminate these gerbils to contribute to the local environment.

In short, Chen Jing will not have any psychological burden to capture them.

The only thing that needs to be considered is how to catch these cunning guys.

Chen Jing hid behind the earthbag, put the cloud platform on the stone, and quietly observed the surrounding situation.

Not long after, the figure of the gerbil appeared in the camera lens.

One, two, three...

Gerbils, about half the size of a fist and with gray fur, emerged from the hidden holes in the hills.

Chen Jing counted a total of seven or eight gerbils, moving around, making chirping sounds from time to time.

"so much?"

"Each adult gerbil will accumulate up to two kilograms of grass roots during the dry season, but they can't eat them all."

"This group of gerbils should belong to the same family. If this continues, they will destroy all the grass roots of the entire oasis before long."

"Without vegetation, the water storage capacity of the sandy land will become worse and worse, and even large plants such as cactus pillars, poplar euphratica, and date palms will die."

"This is going to be a real barren land."

Chen Jing whispered his worries in a low voice, took a deep breath at the end, and said with a half-smile:

"In order to protect this oasis, I decided not to sleep tonight. Even if it takes me all night, I will catch all these gerbils."

"Maybe the process will be difficult, but there are definitely ways."

"Rodent eradication plan, start!"

(End of this chapter)